$38M

for healthcare careers in Western Kentucky

Our region has a healthcare-worker shortage. Suzanne secured $38 million to establish a healthcare workforce training center based in Owensboro, now serving communities across Western Kentucky. The HealthForce Kentucky training center addresses the healthcare worker shortage across our state, providing access to education in rural communities and careers close to home. This year, Suzanne went further, adding a University of Kentucky study on how HealthForce can help close our shortage of doctors and clinicians.

96–0

Passing laws to protect our kids

Suzanne led two of Kentucky's human trafficking laws, and both passed unanimously. House Bill 2 (2020) required help-line signs where victims are most likely to be found, put a minimum $10,000 fine on traffickers to support survivors, and let victims seek justice even without working with police. House Bill 3 (2024) expanded those signs to highways, hotels, and bus stations and passed the House 96–0. Protecting the vulnerable shouldn't be a partisan issue, and Suzanne proved that.

$1.3M

Jobs coming to the Owensboro Riverport

Suzanne secured $1.3 million to build out the water infrastructure that makes a 50-acre Riverport site "build-ready" for new employers. It's the unglamorous, behind-the-scenes work that actually lands jobs — exactly the kind of thing a small-business owner knows how to get done.

Showing up — for years

Session after session, she's done the quiet, steady work of representing Daviess County, including a long record of fighting for Western Kentucky's economy and our natural resources. Suzanne has stood with our veterans and honored our fallen heroes. She's backed our farmers and our family businesses. When Kentucky became a Food is Medicine state this year, Suzanne's amendment brought local farms into it, rewarding state employees for buying straight from Kentucky growers. Her Fire Commission law passed without a single "no" vote, freeing up funds for firefighter cancer screenings and expanding grants for lifesaving equipment.